Kuehni Trial Update

There will be at least one more preliminary motion hearing made in the murder case of Doug Bailey. Rose Marie Kuehni, has entered a plea of not-guilty in the murder which took place in November of 2015. The jury trial has been set for August 8th thru the 17th but the defendants attorney, Mark Gherty, recently filed a motion for a ruling on admitting character testimony on Baileys violent history and also a motion to compel discovery. In other updates, the 61 year old acquaintance of the defendant, Clarence Hicks, was charged with hiding a corpse. Disclosed information suggests that Kuehni and Hicks were romantically linked prior to the murder and that several actions and data from cell phones point to the discussion of killing Bailey. Another piece of information came from the Kentucky coroners report stating that Bailey was shot first in the back, then again at point blank range. Kuehnis statement of self defense contradicts that finding. Testing of materials involved in the shooting, a box of shotgun shells, revealed that male DNA were on some of the shells. Hicks told investigators that Kuehni had asked him to get rid of two boxes, but he denies the knowledge of what was inside. He did dispose of the boxes, which contained Baileys body and other possessions along a steep ravine in a remote Kentucky location. The trial will be held at the Pierce County Courthouse despite speculation that the defense might ask for a change of venue. A final pre-trial hearing will take place on July 17th.